Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
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The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
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The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set -
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Little sister, come away,
And let us in the garden play,
For it is a pleasant day.
On the grass-plat let us sit,
Or, if you please, we'll play a bit,
And run about all over it.
But the fruit we will not pick,
For that would be a naughty trick,
And very likely make us sick.
Nor will we pluck the pretty flowers
That grow about the beds and bowers,
Because you know they are not ours.
We'll take the daisies, white and red,
Because mamma has often said
That we may gather then instead.
And much I hope we always may
Our very dear mamma obey,
And mind whatever she may say.
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In the pond in the park
all things are doubled:
Long buildings hang and
wriggle gently. Chimneys
are bent legs bouncing
on clouds below. A flag
wags like a fishhook
down there in the sky.
The arched stone bridge
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you've always assumed you knew
everything there is to know
about me.
you assume adulthood means i
no longer have emotions worth
listening to.
i've always had my needs met but
my thoughts never heard.
i've always tried to keep my
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Just survive the day, Just survive the day,
Keep yourself safe, keep yourself safe.
I'm tired of just surviving,
When will I finally be safe?
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Across the ground our Savior's blood did flow,
As He bowed His head in greatest woe,
His body racked with pain no mortal will ever know,
The beloved son of God was brought low,
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Stop to take some time,
to think, to pray. Watch the
clouds drift, and float away.
Watch the little white oxeye
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They are ruining the country,
They are driving it into the ground,
I've seen it every day and all year round,
They act so uncivilised, they've trivialised,
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What happened to us?
We used to be good friends,
You admitted it yourself,
I never wanted that to end,
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Normally, I'd write this down,
In that little book of mine,
That held all my thoughts and memories,
Every feeling, and everything that happened in my mind.
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A small town,
With quite boring people,
A little girl,
Sits just under,
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El tiempo pasa, pero aquí nadie llega a ningún lado
Caminan entre la niebla sin rumbo alguno
Persiguiendo un sueño que nunca han alcanzado
Resignándose a esperar un momento oportuno
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Chess In The Mess
Intelligentsia
So entranced in their game
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The forgotten pathways weren't just trails they were like wounded serpents lying still beneath the sand, their backs broken by countless footsteps and long lost battles. When the khamsin blew in, the earth swallowed engines as if they were part of a hungry legend, and the desert chuckled, its mouth full of dust. These forgotten pathways were more than simple routes, they were veins of exile, stretching like cracked palms reaching for the horizon, where wandering shadows once drifted like echoes of heaven beneath a sky far too vast for human sorrow. The silver lifeline wasn't merely water; it was a radiant artery pulsing through the ribs of a sun scorched giant, a patient mother carrying the weight of history on her back while kingdoms sank and borders betrayed their own. This silver lifeline was a mirror disguised as mercy, reflecting both paradise and famine at once an irony flowing quietly through parched villages where tiny lanterns learned the art of waiting. The little suns were more than just small lights; they were lanterns flickering against the darkness, tiny dawns wrapped in dust covered garments, memorizing sacred verses beneath acacia trees while electricity vanished like a broken promise. These little suns were seeds buried deep in hard soil, trudging miles under a relentless sun in search of water, yet returning home with laughter laughing like thunder that mocks the storm itself. The beating constellations weren't merely marketplaces; they were galaxies that had tumbled onto ancient streets, spices burning red and gold like captured sunsets, voices clashing like cymbals of survival. These beating constellations were hearts that refused to stop beating, where poverty stood shoulder to shoulder with dignity like twin brothers, and every worn coin bore the weight of a nation. The velvet heavens weren't just nights; they were black oceans stitched with stars, so bright that the River of Heaven appeared as a scar of light against the darkness.
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The velvet skies were never just night. They were ancient havens of quiet, where silver haired storytellers spun their wisdom into the hearts of eager listeners, gathered around fires flickering like weary prophets. Meanwhile, the desert stood still, as if eternity itself had paused to listen.
The sun baked giant was never truly destitute. No, it was rich, like the earth before the rain, rich like hidden gold resting beneath scarred soil, rich like a sacred drum whose heartbeat waits in silence for the right hands to awaken it.
The sun baked giant was not weak. It was a titan draped in dust and sunlight, bearing the heavy burden of the sky on weary shoulders, while the world mistook its strength for fragility.
What a cruel twist of fate for even cracked earth continued to nourish hope for its people, like bread shared among the hungry. And even in times of want, songs still rose from the ashes of empty bowls.
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Bajo los fríos bosques del norte
Se halla aquel que posee un hambre insaciable
Que devora todo sin que realmente importe
Volviéndose parte del macabro paisaje
...
I dwell
In the absence
You left behind
...
If you die before me
I would jump down into your grave
and hug you so innocently
that angels will become jealous.
...
Indoors by technology, outdoors by speedy transport
I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
...
The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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The Peace Warrior Of Mzansi, among heroes - a colossus!
Sun Of The Nation; a rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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(This is a composition in Pilipino Language the first one I did, the only one, and hope some of the Filipinos will get this funny poem in this site. The poem is updated with English translation)
Noong taong otsenta dekada
...
Love and lust are poles apart.
Lust is chaos, love is art.
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Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
...
you put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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On this dry prepared path walk heavy feet.
This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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A little while, a little while,
The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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Between us now and here -
Two thrown together
Who are not wont to wear
Life's flushest feather -
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"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see—
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